i am not doing vegas strickly because i can't do a huge party and ces has fucked the whole economic vegas environment for the entire week.  i'm not gonna pay the ridiculous venue prices to do bump n' grind or another event that i could normally do for 30k or so.  and the hotel rates.  even motel 6 is charging almost 300 a night 
 
seriously, like sleazy said, nothing at all negative towards avn, they have been very good to me too, but ces really fucked up my game this year. i still may fly into vegas the 3rd day of the show stay overnight with someone, (because rooms will be all gone), and fly out the next day, but thats doubtful. 
i think that the ces thing really mucked up the whole town of vegas pretty much with all three shows at the same time.  i coulda handled both the expo and internext at the same time, but ces is way too much for me.  
i budgeted out what it would cost to take 5 people to vegas in january and compared it to other options.  the difference is astronomical.  basically i could take 10 or more somewhere else have suites instead of regular rooms, and go just buck crazy wild having a good time sparing no expense.  i am seriously looking to the dominican thing possibly if i can get some of these big projects off my desk working through the holidays.  i committed to alot of things that i must finish before the end of the year.
this will be the first vegas show (if i don't fly in and out for just one day) that i will miss since 99. i am ecstatically looking forward to costa rica and other options this year. 
i have friends at avn and i have talked with them candidly about this show. they support me and i will support them where i can, but its not gonna happen this year for me.   yeah, i know i ramble. my bad.